Playing-cards



B. C. SCHUCHARD.

PLAYING CARDS.

APPUCATION FILED 0cT.1. 19H1.

1,322,204.. Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

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Be it known that I, BERNHARD C. SoHU CHARD, a citizen of the UnitedStates resid ing at Philadelphia, in the county of Phlladelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements inPlaying-Cards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in "playing cards andparticularly to a pack pose of Aaording amusement andinculcatingaknowledge .of arithmetic.

Une` object of the inventionv is` to produce a .pack of playing cardswhich may be used inthe playing of games, teaching concentration anddeveloping the mind and memory of the players, who may be ofany age.

Itv will also be found that figuring becomes highlyl interesting andtherefore the various tables in arithmetic are quickly memorized by theyoung, so that the timespent in playing this game, called E-C-Q, (EasyCue) to Mental Arithmetic, .is profitably employed.

Another object. is to provide a pack of cards arranged in such a way asto show at a glance the cards held or wanted without the use ofv guidenumbers or vlike extraneous and supplementary indicia.

The objects are obtained by the novel design of cards andarrangements-of numerals thereon, together with appropriate signs,indicative of the various processes, as hereinafter described and shownin thel accompanying drawings, forming a material'part of thisdisclosure, and in which--A Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing apack of vplaying cards made in accordance with the invention andindicating the manner -in which lthey are manipulated, and

Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5 are elevational views showing specimens of the cardfaces. y

In carrying the invention into practice there is provlded a pack ofcards, consisting of any preferred number of units, as for instanceforty-eight, the backs or reverse sides of which are preferably plain,or ornamented in a f uniform and like manner throughout. l y

Upon the front face or obverse side of each card, within the border B,are disposed vertical rows of numerals, reading from a point'near thetop to approximately the center C of the card.

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I v-Both endsare4 symmetrical and printed l to read. either end up.

The cards are arrangediin sets of four,

br quartets, distinguished bythe use of like numerals D, at the top ofthe column or row, to which is prefixed a sign E, indicat-` ing thataddition, subtraction, multiplicav tion or division is to be played.

The second numeral F, in the .column or row, preferably shown in largetype and of a different color, represents a sum, remainder, product orquotient, as the case may be, below which are three other numerals G,representing the numbers to be added, the

subtrahend, the multiplier, or the divisor,

these numerals representing certain arbitraryvalues, as hereinafter more.fully described.

. For the pur ose illustration, let it be assumed that t e game playedis to use the multiplicationv cards. The players being seated aroundatable,l the cards are thoroughly'shuiled, and dealt one at a time facedown until all are distributed.

If only a .few people are playing, a limited number of cards are dealtto each and the remainder ofthe cards placed in. a pile on the table' tobe drawn by the player who fails to receive a card from the other playerwhen requested, the idea being that if there are only two or threepeople playing, the hands would be crowded at the beginning of, the gameand the uncertainty of what cards are in the pile adds zest andinterestto the game. As before stated, there are on each card threenumbers G, below the large colored nume'ral F, these numbers represent-`characters X 5, and having forA instance,

cardsbearingI the large figures 25, 35 and 50 will perceive that he mustobtain a card 'bearing the large figure 45, and asks any player for 9 X5. The player addressed vmentally figures the result, vand having a cardbearing the same in large figures passes it to the player making therequest. If the www..

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If player holds card with red figure say A 8, he needs 2 x 1 or cardwith red figure 2 '4 x 1 or card with red figure 4 7 x l or card withred figure 7 If player holds cards with red figure say 4 and 7, he onlyneeds 2 x 1 or card with red figure 2 8 x 1 or card with red figure 84If player holds cards with red figure say 4, 7 and 2, he only needs 8 xl'or cards wit11 redfigure 8 And the quartet (or lesson) is completed orfinished, this fact announcedz cards being laid on the table and gamecontlnued in this manner until all cards are made into quartets.

A player is not allowed to ask for cards of a quartet in which he doesnot hold cards. He also loses his turn is he asks for cards which healready holds, the player addressed continuing the game. The playercompleting his last quartet must select another player to continue thegame, and the player having the most quartets wins the game.

The four sets or series, indicating addition, subtraction,multiplication and division, may be used separately 'or combined asHaving thus described my invention and set forth its construction andmanner \in which the game is played, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A pack of cards having uniform backs and marginally bordered faces,lon 'itudinal rows of five numerals extendmg rom the end of each cardface tothe center thereof, a sign prefixed to the uppermost number, saidsign indicating an arithmetical example to be performed, and the answerto an example, said'answer appearing in said row, distinguished from theother numerals.

2. A ack of cards having uniform backs, longitu inally disposed rows ofnumerals on the face 0f each card symmetrically arranged and readablefrom either end, four cards in the pack having like numbers at the topof each row, a slgn indicating the example to be performed prefixed tosaid numbers, an answer shown in a distinguish ing manner next in saidrow and three numerals following said answer, said numerals being usedin relation to said first number to produce the other three answersrequired.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

BERNHARD c. scHUcHARD.

